September 27, 2012

CONTEST CROSSWORD #475: Million Dollar Money Drop

PROGRAM: [Java]Contest time again at BEQ.com headquarters can mean only one thing: I have some shit lying around my castle I need to get rid of. You know the drill, so let's just get right down to it. The answer to this meta is a two word phrase in the news. Email me your answer before midnight on Wednesday October 3rd and your name goes in the pot. I'm open to bribery and/or humorous/eye-catching entries, so ... go to town. I'm also chuffed by those who enter the contest and promote the puzzle. If I see you do any of these things, your name goes into the pot more than once, situation-dependent. Count 'em three (3) winners will receive either both of my books in Puzzazz app as well as Peter Gordon's Celebrity: Get a Clue app, or a copy of "Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll Crosswords." Good luck to all.

Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.

UPDATE: One clue has been altered slightly, but will have no effect on the overall meta.

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PROGRAM: [Java]Contest time again at BEQ.com headquarters can mean only one thing: I have some shit lying around my castle I need to get rid of. You know the drill, so let's just get right down to it. The answer to this meta is a two word phrase in the news. Email me your answer before midnight on Wednesday October 3rd and your name goes in the pot. I'm open to bribery and/or humorous/eye-catching entries, so ... go to town. I'm also chuffed by those who enter the contest and promote the puzzle. If I see you do any of these things, your name goes into the pot more than once, situation-dependent. Count 'em three (3) winners will receive either both of my books in Puzzazz app as well as Peter Gordon's Celebrity: Get a Clue app, or a copy of "Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll Crosswords." Good luck to all.

Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.

UPDATE: One clue has been altered slightly, but will have no effect on the overall meta.

Brendan Emmett Quigley has been a professional puzzlemaker since 1996. In fact, he's the sixth-most published constructor in The New York Times under Will Shortz's editorship. Brendan's puzzles have also appeared in every major market including Creators Syndicate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Crosswords Club, Dell Champion, Games Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Sun, Tribune Media Services, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

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He is the author of over thirty different books. In his spare time he can be seen banging on typewriters in the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.
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